Russ turned 45 this year, which seems old except that on most days we don't feel that way. He is not a big birthday person, but it has always been fun to combine the end of school and beginning of summer with the celebration of his birthday which is what we did.
Although it now seems ages ago, we had a great party on Thursday afternoon. Probably got home from school around 2. I was
trying to get him out of the apt to the gym but he has hanging around.
He knew we were having a few friends over which we typically do most
weekends. So he finally got to the gym and then I called Justin to set
up the pinata and sombreros. Maria came over to help with the food and setting things up in the apt. People started arriving at 5 - food is all there (had it
semi-catered by two Mexican women - chicken mole, chimichangas, then I
made a humongous bowl of guacamole, also salsa, beans, rice). 5:30 still no
Russ. 5:45 the place is packed we had over 40 friends there (we
determined the capacity of our apt is about 50). I called him,
texted him, but no pickup.
Turned out that
he got into a movie while on the treadmill. So he walked in at 6 and
was completely gobsmacked. I don't think he had ever been more
surprised. For the next two days, he still talked about how he had no idea. I did not
think it was going to be such a big deal so it really worked out well.
Brent,
the guy from whom we inherited the wine making equipment, was able to
score a couple of Coronas from a contact at the embassy, which was just
perfect for Russ. Beer is one of the things we miss while living in Kuwait. It was such a fun evening - there are so many people who like and admire him and whose company we truly enjoy. People cleared out by 9
pm - rum punch was gone and many had midnight flights to catch.
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